2013 South Carolina Code of Laws
Title 38 - Insurance
CHAPTER 71 - ACCIDENT AND HEALTH INSURANCE
SECTION 38-71-245. Prohibited grounds for denial of enrollment to child of health plan participant.
No health insurer, including a group health plan, as defined in Section 607(1) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 or health maintenance organization as defined in Section 38-33-20, may deny enrollment of a child under the health plan of the child's parent on the grounds that the child:
(1) was born out of wedlock;
(2) is not claimed as a dependent on the parent's federal tax return; or
(3) does not reside with the parent or in the insurer's service area.
HISTORY: 1994 Act No. 481, Section 3.
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